64.5 MW Muni. Waste operating in Baltimore City, MD — PJM Interconnection, LLC
64.5 MW
Nameplate Capacity
2
Generators
units
Municipal Solid Waste
Technology
1984
Operating Since
Coordinates
39.2660, -76.6296
County
Baltimore City, MD
Nearby Plants
| Field | EIA | GEM | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems | — |
| Owner(s) | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems | Wheelabrator Technologies Holdings | WIN Waste Innovations |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
Wheelabrator Baltimore, also known as WIN Waste Baltimore, is a waste-to-energy incinerator located in the Westport neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, and is operated by Wheelabrator Technologies. It has an electric generation capacity of 64.5 megawatts. On October 2, 2018, ECP announced the agreement to sell Wheelabrator Technologies to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, a subsidiary of Macquarie Group.
Read more on WikipediaWheelabrator Baltimore Refuse is a 64.5 MW waste-to-energy power plant located in Baltimore City, Maryland. The facility, which began operating in 1984, utilizes municipal solid waste (MSW) as its primary fuel source. It has two generators and is operated by Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, a subsidiary of Wheelabrator Technologies Holdings. The plant is interconnected to the grid within the PJM Interconnection, LLC balancing authority and the RFC NERC region.
In the most recent year of reported data, Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse generated 294,404 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 52.2%. The plant is the second-largest of two MSW plants in Maryland and ranks as the 12th-largest of 56 MSW plants nationally.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
NERC Region
RFC
Balancing Authority
PJM Interconnection, LLC
Grid Voltage
34 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Commercial
Sector
IPP CHP
23.2K MWh
Latest Month
294.4K MWh
Annual Generation
52.2%
Capacity Factor
No financial data available for this plant.
Point of Interconnection
Nearest Substation
Westport Substation · 115 kV
Substation Distance
< 10 km
Operator
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Coord Source
OSM spatial
Market Position
ISO/RTO Market
PJM
LMP Node
WESTPORT 34 KV BRESCO
Pricing Hub
WESTERN HUB
Node Source
EIA-860 direct report
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